Waukesha County Supervisor Robert Kolb posted a blunt call for Dr. Anthony Fauci’s public execution on Facebook, deleted it, and then appeared to double down in a follow-up comment. The post has now put a local elected official at the center of a political-violence controversy just days before the county board’s next scheduled meeting.
Kolb wrote, "Fauci must be publicly executed!" before removing the post, according to TMJ4 News. The station reported that Kolb later wrote that Fauci should be executed for his crimes and that he was laughing at people who contacted him about the post.
The comments followed Dr. Fauci’s July 29 testimony before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee. According to AP News, Fauci invoked his Fifth Amendment right and declined to answer questions more than 100 times during the heated hearing.
Waukesha County Leaders Condemn The Post
Waukesha County Board Chair Jim Heinrich condemned the message as rhetoric promoting political violence and said it did not represent the board’s official position, values, or mission, TMJ4 reported. County Executive Tom Farley also said the language was inconsistent with the respect, civility, and public service residents should expect from county government.
Kolb declined to answer TMJ4’s questions about whether he stood by the post or why he deleted it. Three other supervisors reached by the station offered varying responses: Wayne Euclide said he disagreed with anyone who wants to kill someone, while Joe O’Brien said he does not support political violence; Steve Styza declined to comment.
Sam Liebert, a Pewaukee resident who contacted the station, said the issue should rise above partisan politics. He told TMJ4 that people should agree political violence is wrong regardless of what they believe.
Possible Censure, But No Process Has Started
Heinrich’s office told TMJ4 that Kolb’s post did not violate the county’s social media policy because it was made through a private account. The station reported that Kolb could still face censure, but no supervisor had begun that process as of Thursday.
Waukesha County’s board operating rules list censure, fines ranging from $50 to $200 per violation, and removal from committee assignments among possible sanctions for violations of board rules. The rules do not, by themselves, establish that Kolb’s Facebook post violated those provisions.
Kolb represents District 15, which includes the Village of Waukesha, portions of the Town of Genesee, and parts of the Village of Vernon, according to the Waukesha County government website. Liebert said he plans to attend the county board’s August 25 meeting and call for Kolb’s resignation.
The immediate response has been condemnation from county leadership and calls for accountability from residents, while the board has not announced a formal disciplinary action. For now, the deleted post remains a personal statement by a sitting supervisor that county officials say does not speak for Waukesha County government.
